Arnhem Medal

[Totenhead]

Guys, any idea what this is ???

[Gunner II]

It's a civillian medal for walking the annual Arnhem memorial hike. The stickpins on it count the number of times someone has walked this hike

BTW, a lot of veterans of the battle also walked this hike in the early days. I've got a nice grouping of an Arnhem veteran who had the round stickpin on his chest next to his medals.

[Totenhead]

Gunnar II, thanks for that, do you have a picture at all ???

[pickled frog]

Nijmegn

The 'March' was very popular with many of the British troops station in Germany. The RAF and Army were particularly keen and organised themselves into teams and in some cases raced against each other. Marches were always well organised with international teams arriving from all over the place to take part. A very popular four day event particularily at night when all the bars were open...........Google it and you get....................

International Four Day March Nijmegen
Participants at the last day of the 1997 Four Day MarchesNijmegen is famous for the International Four Day March Nijmegen (Dutch: Internationale Vierdaagse Afstandsmarsen Nijmegen, informally Nijmeegse Vierdaagse), an annual event starting on the third Tuesday in July, comprising four days of walking (distances ranging from 30 to 50 km a day), and the accompanying festivities (the Vierdaagsefeesten including rock festival de-Affaire), which have been drawing the largest crowds for any Dutch event in the past few years.

The event invites WWII allied veterans to help celebrate their participation in the liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation. Participants from Britain, Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand have attended the event. Nowadays, the event is international, inviting teams from all countries to attention.

During the Vierdaagse of 2006 two people died due to the extreme hot weather (note that the deceased had other health issues that added up to the death cause). It caused the organisation to cancel the rest of the walk. This resulted in extra safety measures during the 2007 Vierdaagse; for instance, a professional weatherman was added to the organisation staff, more free water refill stations were added along the route and an extensive research program was developed to monitor the effects of hiking long distances on the human body.

[Gunner II]

That's true but the Arnhem march is a different march than het 4daagse of Nijmegen.